22 Aug 2025
Stars and Shadows: 6 Young Adult Stories That Shine Bright
In galaxies far away and in hallways close to home, these YA novels balance dreams with struggles, showing the brilliance of youth in every setting.
Multiverse Mayhem (Magic Mystery and the Multiverse Book 3)
by Aurora M. Winter
Release Date: August 7, 2025
New YA Fantasy. “A fast-paced thrill ride of surprising twists, vivid world-building, and a strong female protagonist—a gripping multiverse adventure.” – Readers’ Choice Winner. “Wild, witty, and wisdom-packed whirlwind of an adventure that bends time, space, and the heart. Aurora Winter masterfully weaves metaphysics with mischief.” – K. Walden.
High-Gold Girl
by Dachota Thebo
Release Date: August 9, 2025
High-Gold Girl is a powerful, fictionalized story inspired by true events – a mother-daughter journey through the glittering world of competitive dance, where favoritism, exclusion, and silent battles simmer beneath rhinestones and perfect pirouettes. Corrin just wanted a place where her daughter Sophie could shine. But when talent isn’t enough to break through a toxic system, how far will one mother go to reclaim her child’s joy?
A Heavy Hammer (Battle for Leiria Book 3)
by Jill M. Beene
Release Date: August 1, 2025
A healer surrounded by enemies… Reva never imagined she’d find herself in such a deadly position. In the King’s war camp, every set of eyes she meets belongs to an enemy. But as the war begins, keeping her identity hidden becomes the least of her worries…
A Hard Landing (The System Integration Chronicles Book 2)
by Drew McGunn
Release Date: August 21, 2025
Caden Taylor turned a wrecked neighborhood into a thriving settlement. Unlocked powerful classes. Even dropped a world boss that should’ve killed them all. Peace lasted exactly fifteen days. Now the Black Baron is coming—and he doesn’t just conquer territories. He breaks them. Village by village, he’s building an army from the ashes of resistance, twisting the System’s own rules to forge broken refugees into loyal soldiers through pure, calculated terror.
Variant (The Restoration Project Book 2)
by Clive Stephens
Release Date: July 29, 2025
How far would you go to undo a mistake? Jason and Sally have pressed through unexpected worlds to seek respite back in their own. But they soon discover that home is farther away than they imagined. With a sinister new player having joined the board, in control of an organisation that has changed the rules, Jason and Sally realise that the only way to save their friend is to undo the past.
Revert (The Royal Chronicles Book 4)
by Camille Peters
Release Date: August 9, 2025
After her important mission goes terribly wrong, Princess Bernice finds herself killed. Yet rather than die as she expected, she somehow wakes up several months in the past, retaining all her memories of the events leading to her demise. As she carefully navigates her second chance and the secrets filling the formidable Thorndale court, she finds herself forced to get closer to the one man she despises—her fiancé, Crown Prince Castiel of Thorndale…the very man who murdered her.
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